Supreme Court of Georgia, 1900

Puffer & Sons v. Caldwell

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided August 7, 1900 · Lumpkin

111 Ga. 798; 36 S.E. 927; 1900 Ga. LEXIS 720

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Gresham v. Loganville Banking Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1924)
Goodman v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 2011)

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Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, P. J.

1. The instrument construed in this case was plainly a mortgage conferring upon the mortgagees power to seize and sell the property and the right to become purchasers thereof at their own sale.

2. A widow’s right to a year’s support is superior to the lien of a mortgage given by her deceased husband upon personal property to secure the purchase-money of the same. See Ullman v. Title Company, 96 Ga. 625, and cases cited. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring. H. B. Strange, for plaintiffs, cited: 55 Ga. 361; 79 Ga. 705; 92 Ga. 745. Groover & Johnston, for defendants, cited : Civil Code, § 2771; 100 Ga. 407.

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